Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office

The Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) is one of the organizations that organize and sponsor these joint trainings. As a joint program of the Georgia State University and local law enforcement, GILEE works to foster cooperation between law enforcement agencies in Georgia and Israel, educating Israeli law enforcement on community policing and training Georgia law enforcement on counter-terrorism. Since its establishment, GILEE has run law enforcement executive development and trainings to enhance homeland security, through 450 programs that reached over 33,000 law enforcement and other executives across over 25 states and 25 countries.

The Sheriff’s Office of Rockdale County, Georgia, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. They include Sonya Cordero, Captain of the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office, who attended a GILEE training in Israel in 2015; Myra Pearrell, Lieutenant of Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office and current head of the Criminal Investigations Division, who attended a GILEE training in Israel in 2009; and Mike Ransom, Captain in the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office, who attended a GILEE training in Israel in 2009. Officials from the Israel National Police visited Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office in 2012.